agbada

Naija

Etymology

From: Yoruba robe worn by men

Pronunciation

• ágbádá

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Frequency

• Frequency in NSC treebank: 2
• Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 2163
• Frequency in raw corpus: 14
• Frequency rank in raw corpus: 6538

Noun

agbada: a kind of native attire mostly worn by the yorubas and hausas in Nigeria -- Definition in Naija?

1. Egbokhare (frequency:Inf)

   Im dey sew new agbada.  — (He is sewing a new Agbada.)

2. - (frequency:6)

   As in kai agbada don hook wire today, be dat!  — (KAD_13_Entering-University_MG__60, In other words, it means man, I'm stuck!)

   some dey wear agbada, some dey wear different attire.  — (NST_cleaned__36817, __no translation__)

Synonyms

• irep 0.83 5, ebuka 0.83 17, monye 0.83 7, mixture 0.83 12, ugo 0.83 12, katie 0.83 6, 3d 0.82 5, scenes 0.82 8, tuface 0.82 19

Antonyms

• irep 0.83 5, ebuka 0.83 17, monye 0.83 7, mixture 0.83 12, ugo 0.83 12, katie 0.83 6, 3d 0.82 5, scenes 0.82 8, tuface 0.82 19

Translations

• English: a kind of native attire mostly worn by the yorubas and hausas in Nigeria